Edo
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The Kamamura Family Residence West Earthen Wall in Mima, Tokushima, is a late Edo tile-capped wall running 14 meters south from the storehouse along the west edge.
The Former Oiso Family House, an indigo merchant's house of the 1830s moved to Awanosato in Matsushige, Tokushima, has a distinctive frame of heavy posts and beams.
Relocated from an indigo merchant's house in 1954, the Tatsumi Zashiki at Tokushima's Awa Jurobei Yashiki is a 21-mat room of fine timbers, registered in 2024.
Built in 1855 and moved here in 1954, the Nagayamon at Tokushima's Awa Jurobei Yashiki carries a formal hongawara tile roof, and was registered in March 2024.
Built in 1810 at Kira in Tsurugi Town, Tokushima, this open-sided thatched hall is station thirty on the Habashikoku circuit, a miniature local Shikoku pilgrimage.
This late Edo thatched farmhouse at Tsurui in Higashi-Iya, Tokushima, was registered in 2019 as a model of the Iya house form. It is a private home and is not open.
The 1843 gate of Saikyoji in Mima, Tokushima, is a three-bay yakuimon whose outer eaves are boarded and carved with clouds, the detail that put it in the register.
Saikyoji's 1858 main hall in Mima, Tokushima, is a registered property. Its 14 by 16 metre plan follows Jodo Shinshu practice, and dragon and tiger guard the porch.
Built in 1810 at Jizoji, fifth temple of the Shikoku pilgrimage in Tokushima, this plastered storehouse holds an octagonal revolving sutra case. Registered in 2011.
This hall of Kobo Daishi at Jizoji in Tokushima dates from 1711 to 1716 and was remodelled late in the Edo period. Carved transoms, celestial women on the ceiling.
Joined to the north flank of the main hall at Jizoji in Tokushima, this late Edo hall is built around a central goma fire altar, and its carved gable is admired.
Built in the 1710s at Shikoku pilgrimage temple No. 5 in Itano, Tokushima, this three-bay hip-and-gable hall is a good early-modern example of a pilgrim main hall.
The tea house of Zojuin in Tokushima City, a late Edo sukiya building of two wings joined at an angle, gives each room its own character with lavish fine timbers.
The Maikomi Well of Zojuin in Tokushima City, a late Edo well, winds down a funnel-shaped pit lined with schist slabs by a spiral path to its well curb.
The Taisanji Temple Corridor in Kamiita, Tokushima, a late Edo passage joining two halls, houses a row of 33 Kannon statues behind lattice doors. Registered in 2011.
The Taisanji Temple Bell Tower Gate in Kamiita, Tokushima, is a late Edo two-story gate with a bell above, fan rafters and a railed veranda. Registered in 2011.
The Taisanji Temple Daishido Hall in Kamiita, Tokushima, built in 1863 for Kobo Daishi, is a small pyramid-roofed hall with grouped rafters. Registered in 2011.
The Taisanji Temple Main Hall in Kamiita, Tokushima, is a three-bay mid-Edo hall moved here in 1796, its porch carved with dragons and baku. Registered in 2011.
An 1861 pagoda on rising ground north of the main hall at Tairyuji in Anan, Tokushima. A square lower storey carries a circular upper one. Registered in 2013.
An 1806 gate at the eastern edge of the Tairyuji precinct in Anan, Tokushima. Three bays with one opening, 7.7 metres wide, and the oldest of the nine buildings.